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A new collection of songs written and performed by Mike Castle ​Additional piano played by Nate Erickson.

 
Engineered & Mixed by Martin Fornelli & Mike Castle - Mastered by Justin Perkins

1. Trying To Be The Man                    6. Rio Grande
2. Telephone Wire                                7. Ilsa
3. Light                                                  8. Blizzard Notes
4. Lake of Fire                                       9. Late Night Girls
5. The Only Thing I Really Love       10. Guillotine
 
​A sincere thank you to all the people who made this record possible. You know who you are. 
Lyrics
Trying To Be The Man
You sang the loudest, when no one was around
You are an artist, in your way
There was a time when, you wanted me around
And I will say what I have to say

Because I am still trying to be 
The man that I want to be
I'm trying for you. I'm trying.

​All of your words got, carried in the sound
As trumpets blow down the avenue
There will be a time when, you need me around
And I will do what I have to do


Because I am still trying to be 
The man that I want to be
I'm trying for you. I'm trying.


Lake of Fire
There's more people on the road 
Than I'd anticipate

Still nobody knows
My way back home
A lake of fire to my right
The devils hand on my shoulder
​If I don't steer this right
Remember me but go one

There's a reason to come back to you
And yellow gold it's not
I was maimed by your name
I was scarred by your heart

I'll do what I can

To carry my share of the weight
I'll bare a burden that I can't bare
​And race the sun to get there

There's a reason to come back to you
And yellow gold it's not
I was maimed by your name
I was scarred by your heart


Ilsa
Everybody watching, they're all watching you
If the world was on fire, i'd put it out for you
​Look at them all starring, all starring at you

You make me feel like a ghost


Everybodys watching, watching all your moves
They're all wondering, who you are, what you do
I'd walk for days, in the heat or pouring rain

You make me feel like ghost
Every inch of my soul
You make me feel like a ghost

You make me feel like ghost
You make me feel like ghost
Yea I feel like a ghost
You make me feel like ghost


Guillotine
If I get the guillotine tomorrow
If the sun would fall out of the sky
In my short time of being here
I have loved and I lost and I lied

I read the greatest book in history
Seen good and bad with these own two eyes
I tried to do everything I could
And I loved and I lost and I lied

​Because if you want to go there
You got to travel all night
And if you're going to ask for me
​I won't be there until morning light

Because I've been living with you
Living with you
Living with you
Sending all my ghosts to the guillotine

I heard the sweetest sound a man could
Could you imagine my surprise
Came from the one that never claimed to be
One that loved, one that lost, one that lied

And if you want to go there
You're gonna travel all night
And if you're going to ask for me
​I won't be there until morning light

I've been living with you
Living with you
Living with you
Sending all my ghosts to the guillotine

Telephone Wire
If I get you in a corner tonight
It might be the last time
​Because we both know this is ending

Oh how we try to make this right

​I break you into pieces too many time
You hid me in the shadows, its just not right
We tried so hard and I hear you cry
Over a Telephone Wire
A telephone wire

Remember when it was you and me
We were young, no one would tell us how to live
Where did those days go now
Where did they go now
Remember when, it was you and me

And I broke you into pieces too many time
You hid me in the shadows, its just not right
We tried so hard and I hear you cry
Over a Telephone Wire
A telephone wire


The Only Thing I Really Love
I'm in bad shape near Chicago
I don't know what I might do

None of these faces look familiar
They must be from out of town


But if I wake up next to you
I'll know that everything is fine
The only thing I really love is you
The only thing I really love is

Another bad day I brought you flowers
And there's a ringing in my head
I said I'm sorry I'll scrape myself together
And I'll be better when I can

But if I wake up next to you
I'll know that everything is fine
The only thing I really love is you
The only thing I really love is


Blizzard Notes
You were born into being an artist
You were born with rock n roll in your blood

Uh -huh
You were sold some goods that you'd never known
But hey thats alright you made it anyway

Whatever you want to see
Wherever you want to go
Whoever you want to be
It's alright with me

You chose something that honestly suits you ok
But now you want to just blend into the crowd
And I say
​I don't know how you'll make it on your own


Whatever you want to see
Wherever you want to go
Whoever you want to be
It's alright with me


I don't care about it, build your own machine
You were the one with the whole world listening 
I don't got to be on my own
But I'm here and I'm standing, Uh-huh

You
 were born into being an artist
and you chose rock n roll
But know you want to just blend into the crown and I know
That you're never going to make it on your own


Whatever you want to see
Wherever you want to go
Whoever you want to be
Light
In the darkness there a light
​It keeps me safe and holds me tight
In the darkness I can see
Everything that cannot be
People come and people leave
Are things what they seem to be
There's a place where we can go
But I don't know it this is right

​I don't know why things get taken

Decisions are made in black and white
In between the meaning of everything
There's time and blood and nothing 

​I can't breathe
​I can't see anything but the light
But the light

You can't stay here but you can't leave either
​I don't know where you'll go
I don't know but you can't stay here
Thats ust how it goes, thats just how it goes


Rio Grande
Father Ortega flys from Chicago
On the 8am flight down to San Antonio
He's gonna get lost down in Mexico
Where they'll listen to his words and reap what he's sown
Look out kids he's reading books and he knows
A good heart can make a living if you let it do so

​That bird didn't know which way to turn
​Left on its own it would surely crash and burn
​Low gentle hum of the head winds 
coming on
Fifty two hours in the airs way too long

​You can hear the clinking of the keys if you listen hard they'll give you cookies everybody
Just keep calm

Carl wears a white shirt and I wear a t-shirt
Is that a guitar pick around your neck
Got meetings in the afternoon 
everybody going to
Might wear a jacket because I can
​I didn't wear a watch but then again I never wear one 
Since four years ago I just roll with the punches


You might make it through if that wish comes true
Trade all your money for a chance to make rent
A house and a credit card, white fence and a dog
The wife is happy and the kids are well fed
Is it possible to do it all, maybe yes maybe no
​The one things that for sure they're gonna take whats left.

Late Night Girls
All these late night girls have never been
Afraid of a little confrontation
All the glitter that they dance in has faded
​Into the new light of the morning
In the new light of the morning

​It seemed like a good idea in his mind
He was in love yet another time
Turned around for a minute and she's gone
​Into the new light of the morning
In the new light of the morning

What does it matter in the new light of the morning
Why should it matter, if you love her

When the timing is right
To kiss and make up, and give up the fight
Everything that was hidden is now shown
In the new light of the morning
In the new light of the morning
In the new light of the morning

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